City. Life. Style. Today in Black History – August 23 By rtmadmincd August 22, 2011 128196 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Must read REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS (“RTA”) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) November 21, 2025 Community Celebration: Mayor Johnson and Mike Epps Take Part in Christmas in the Wards Event at Kennedy-King College November 21, 2025 Holding Down the Block: Building Homeownership in Chicago’s Black Communities November 20, 2025 The Property Tax Bonfire: Lighting the Way to FairnessCommunity Leaders Unite to Address Illinois’s Broken Property Tax System November 19, 2025 rtmadmincd *1826: James Stone became first Black to fight in the Civil War. *1900: National Negro Business League was founded. *1917: Race riot in Houston. TagsJ Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Previous articleChicago man charged in shooting of pregnant teenNext articleToday in Black History – August 24 From the Web